Choices
We all make choices in life, every day, many times a day. As I sit here at my computer, I have a choice to believe that my day will be a good day and rejoice in it or to gripe about getting off to a bad start with many interruptions. Have you ever had one of those days? Well, today and actually the past two weeks have been like that for me. You may have had some of those days yourself. What do we do about them? That’s what we are going to talk about today.
In Deuteronomy 30:19,20 we read these instructions: God has set before us life and death, blessing and cursing; therefore, we are to choose life. We are to choose blessing. Every day we make that new decision. I choose to see life and blessing everywhere I go and in everything I do. When we choose life, we are choosing God and His way of doing things, which is the right way.
We are also instructed in Psalm 118:24 to rejoice and be glad in the day because the Lord has made it. This is the day that the Lord has made. He knew about each situation you and I would encounter this day, whether it is scheduled or an interruption. You see, if we look at the day as God’s day, there is no such thing as an interruption. There are only intercepts to what we had planned for the day.
God has created this day. Since God has created this day, when we rejoice and we are glad in the day (not what is happening to us), we see His provision which He has released for that day. Every day He has already released by His Word what we need for that day. What God has spoken is available right now for us to accomplish what we are supposed to do today.
NOW faith is. We are to live in the now, today, not tomorrow or the past. Looking into the future robs us of the joy of today. We must find good things for which we can be thankful today. We all must learn to look at life from God’s viewpoint. His viewpoint is always good, encouraging, uplifting and full of possibilities.
We need to rejoice in the now, today, because it is more than enough. He provides more than enough faith to live this day, not tomorrow or next week. Our faith is in Him to bring to pass what is needed for this day, to accomplish His plans for this day.
Yes, life is all about choices. We can either look at the negative impossibilities and become impossibility minded or we can look at all the possibilities and become possibility minded. It is the old adage about how we look at the glass. Is it half full or is it half empty? It is all in our attitude, our outlook. Right now, as you read this Pearl, think of possibilities for today. God is waiting with all kinds of solutions and insights for our lives. The next move is up to us. He has already moved on the chessboard of our lives. He wins every time if we let Him. It is a win, win situation with God.
Rejoice in the Lord always, and again I say, rejoice. That is my choice today. How about you?
In Deuteronomy 30:19,20 we read these instructions: God has set before us life and death, blessing and cursing; therefore, we are to choose life. We are to choose blessing. Every day we make that new decision. I choose to see life and blessing everywhere I go and in everything I do. When we choose life, we are choosing God and His way of doing things, which is the right way.
We are also instructed in Psalm 118:24 to rejoice and be glad in the day because the Lord has made it. This is the day that the Lord has made. He knew about each situation you and I would encounter this day, whether it is scheduled or an interruption. You see, if we look at the day as God’s day, there is no such thing as an interruption. There are only intercepts to what we had planned for the day.
God has created this day. Since God has created this day, when we rejoice and we are glad in the day (not what is happening to us), we see His provision which He has released for that day. Every day He has already released by His Word what we need for that day. What God has spoken is available right now for us to accomplish what we are supposed to do today.
NOW faith is. We are to live in the now, today, not tomorrow or the past. Looking into the future robs us of the joy of today. We must find good things for which we can be thankful today. We all must learn to look at life from God’s viewpoint. His viewpoint is always good, encouraging, uplifting and full of possibilities.
We need to rejoice in the now, today, because it is more than enough. He provides more than enough faith to live this day, not tomorrow or next week. Our faith is in Him to bring to pass what is needed for this day, to accomplish His plans for this day.
Yes, life is all about choices. We can either look at the negative impossibilities and become impossibility minded or we can look at all the possibilities and become possibility minded. It is the old adage about how we look at the glass. Is it half full or is it half empty? It is all in our attitude, our outlook. Right now, as you read this Pearl, think of possibilities for today. God is waiting with all kinds of solutions and insights for our lives. The next move is up to us. He has already moved on the chessboard of our lives. He wins every time if we let Him. It is a win, win situation with God.
Rejoice in the Lord always, and again I say, rejoice. That is my choice today. How about you?
posted by Rev. Kialeen Potterton @ 8:49 AM
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